CHAPTER XXVII 



ROSE STOCKS 



The term " stock " is used to denote the Brier or other 

 rose on which the choice named varieties are budded or 

 " worked," as it is technically called. 



There are several kinds of stocks, but the most general 

 in use are : i. Briers taken from the hedgerows. 2. 

 Briers raised from cuttings (cutting Brier). 3. Briers 

 raised from seed (seedling Brier). 4. Manetti. 5. Poly- 

 antha. 6. De la Grifferaie. 7. Rugosa. 



Many of the fine blooms seen at rose shows are cut 

 from " maiden " plants, i.e. those budded the previous 

 year upon stocks. It is a well-known fact that the 

 blooms of many varieties are much finer from " maiden " 

 plants than from those of more than one year old, 

 known as " cut-backs." 



Stocks need to be planted in deeply dug soil. This 

 is very essential so far as standard stocks and those 

 taken from the hedgerows are concerned. 



Hedge Brier. — These are used to form standard, 

 half -standard, and dwarf standard roses, and weeping 

 roses. The best way of securing them is to make arrange- 

 ments with some farm hand for the collection of some 

 of the Briers from the hedgerows early in October. Fail- 

 ing this, there is nothing but to go in search of them 



